Charles moore



(No Model.)

MOP.

Patented-Dec. 15

lll//// /ill UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIIARLES MOORE, OF VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,188, dated December 15, 1891.

Application filed March 25, 1891.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Visalia, Tulare county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Mops; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the class of mops; and it consists in the constructions and combinations of devices, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view 0f my mop, a portion of the receptacle Gbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of my mop-head.

A is the mop-cylinder. This consists of a roll of suitable material for mopping purposes, said roll being wound about a central core or shaft a, the ends a ot' which are mounted in bearings b of a trough B. The mop-cylinder is readily`removable from its bearings in the trough by having an Open bearing at one end, which is closed by means of ahinged arm C, which is adapted to fit over the end of the roll-shaft and hold it in place, and when thrown back to relieve said end, whereby the roll may be raised and withdrawn from its box. One end of the roll center Or shaft is formed or provided with a ratchet-wheel D, with which a swinging pawl E is adapted to engage. The engagement is such that the ratchet can turn freely in one direction, the pawl slipping over its teeth;

but it cannot move in the other direction, as

the pawl holds it. Thus the mop cylinder or roll may rotate axially in one direction, but cannot rotate in the other direction.

F is a pole formed, preferably, of two or more separable sections, whereby its length may be made to correspond t-o the use to which the mop is to be put.` The upper end of this pole is attached to the bottom of the trough B.

Gis a receptacle mounted upon the upper end of the pole under the trough, and provided with an aperture g in its bottom to provide for the escape of the water therefrom when necessary.

Upon the lower end of the pole, or upon the lower section thereof, are clamping-jaws serrano. 386,388. (No model.;

II, the stem hof one of which is pivoted at h', and is adapted to be moved and controlled by a thumb-nut h2 On aiixed screw h3.

The operation of the mop is as follows: Its

principal use, as heretofore mentioned, is in the cleaning of ceilings. Water is placed in the trough B. Then the mop is raised by the pole until the mop roll or cylinder comes in contact with the ceiling. The head of the mop is then moved so that the cylinder or roll will rotate, and as it rotates in the trough B it takes up the water therefrom and transfers it to the ceiling. Then the mop-head is moved in the other direction, and as the cylinder or roll cannot turn in this direction it wipes over the previously-wetted surface and thus cleans it. Any drip which may fall will be caught in the receptacle G. surface, asuitable drying-cloth I is secured between the clamp-jaws, which are bound upon it by setting up the thumb-nut, and this cloth is then wiped over the surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a removable mop, the combination of a mop roll or cylinder, a frame in which it is mounted having a slotted end for the rollshaft, the arm C for receiving the roll in position, a ratchet-wheel on the end Of the roll or cylinder shaft, and a pawl on the frame engaging said ratchet for preventing the movement of the roll or cylinder in one direction and permitting it in the other, substantially as herein described.

`2. In a mop, the combinationof the detacl1- able axially-movable mop roll or cylinder, the trough in which it is mounted, an arm securing the roll to the trough, the pole secured to the trough, the receptacle for waste Water on the upper end of the pole under the trough, having a discharge-aperture in its bottom, and the pawl and ratchet for preventing the movement of the mop roll or' cylinder in one direction and permitting it in the otherdirection, substantially as herein described.

Injwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES MOORE Witnesses:

ORLANDO MOORE, ARTHUR CHATTEN.

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